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Bookmark or Share- How an Emotional Support Animal Can Benefit Your Mental HealthAn emotional support animal is an animal companion that offers some type of benefit to an individual with some form of disability. The animal is intended to provide companionship and support that will help alleviate at least one aspect of the disability.
- Frequently Asked Questions about Service Animals and the ADAQ1. What is a service animal? Q2. What does do work or perform tasks mean? Q3. Are emotional support, therapy, comfort, or companion animals considered service animals under the ADA? Q4. If someone's dog calms them when having an anxiety attack, does this qualify it as a service animal? Q5.
- Service Animals | ADA.govService animals are: Dogs. Any breed and any size of dog. Trained to perform a task directly related to a person’s disability. Service animals are not: Required to be certified or go through a professional training program. Required to wear a vest or other ID that indicates they’re a service dog.
- Service Animal or Emotional Support Animal: What's the Difference ...According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), an emotional support animal is any animal that provides emotional support alleviating one or more symptoms or effects of a person’s disability.
- Emotional Support Animal: Benefits, Who Qualifies, How to Get OneEmotional support animals can offer comfort that helps ease mental health symptoms like anxiety. Here's who might qualify and how to get one.
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